Dr. Laurel Childress
Expedition Project Manager/Staff Scientist
International Ocean Discovery Program
Texas A&M University
1000 Discovery Drive
College Station, Texas 77845-9547
Phone: (979) 845-0506
childress@iodp.tamu.edu
International Ocean Discovery Program
Texas A&M University
1000 Discovery Drive
College Station, Texas 77845-9547
Phone: (979) 845-0506
childress@iodp.tamu.edu
IODP Expeditions & Activities
- Expedition 392: Agulhas Plateau Cretaceous Climate (2022)
- Expedition 378: South Pacific Paleogene Climate (2020)
- Expedition 379T: Extending high resolution paleoclimate records from the Chilean Margin to the Eemian (2019; non-IODP JR100 project)
- Expedition 368X: Return to Hole U1503A (South China Sea) (2018)
- Science lead for Geochemistry and Microbiology LWG (2018–)
- Liaison for port call PR, outreach, and K–16 education activities (2018–)
Previous Sailing
- Expedition 341: Southern Alaska Margin (2013)
- R/V Marcus G. Langseth, Cascadia in Motion (2012)
- R/V Wecoma, UNOLS Early Career Scientist Training Cruise (2011)
Research
- General research interests: Biogeochemical cycles, with an emphasis on transport, transformation, and burial of organic carbon; active margin sediment export and subduction; tectonic and glacial influences on carbon exhumation; geospatial biochemical patterns; science outreach.
- Curriculum Vitae
- Publications (Web view | RIS)
Education
- 2016 Ph.D. Earth and Planetary Sciences, Northwestern University, IL
- 2009 M.S. Marine Geology, Minor & Certificate Geographic Information Systems, North Carolina State University, NC
- 2006 B.S. Marine Sciences, North Carolina State University, NC
Professional Affiliations
- American Geophysical Union
- Association for Women Geoscientists